Miami Herald: We need a better strategy to fight against cholera Seth Berkley, CEO of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance “…[F]or a highly preventable disease like cholera, vaccine stockpiles while certainly helpful cannot be a long-term solution. … Right now, the immediate focus and hope is that we can prevent a…

The Guardian: Antibiotic waste is polluting India and China’s rivers; big pharma must act Alejandro Litovsky, CEO of Earth Security Group “…In India and China, where a large proportion of antibiotics are produced, the poorly regulated discharge of untreated wastewater into soils and rivers is causing the spread of antibiotic…

U.N. News Centre: Protecting people and planet from ‘invisible killer’ is focus of U.N. health campaign to tackle air pollution “The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) in partnership with the Coalition for Climate and Clean Air (CCAC), and the Government of Norway has launched a global awareness campaign on…

PLOS Blogs’ “Translational Global Health”: Food at the heart of healthy and sustainable cities Natalie Molino, policy projects coordinator, and Sudhvir Singh, director of policy, both at the EAT Foundation, discuss the challenges of urban health and explore how the New Urban Agenda, “a policy document that will guide urban…

The Guardian: Air pollution more deadly in Africa than malnutrition or dirty water, study warns “Africa’s air pollution is causing more premature deaths than unsafe water or childhood malnutrition, and could develop into a health and climate crisis reminiscent of those seen in China and India, a study by a…

Reuters: U.N. fears more cholera in Haiti after storm, says protests slowing relief “The scale of a cholera outbreak in Haiti after Hurricane Matthew may be underreported because remote areas are cut off, a United Nations official in charge of controlling the disease said on Tuesday, adding protests over slow…

The Guardian: Climate change could drive 122m more people into extreme poverty by 2030 “Up to 122 million more people worldwide could be living in extreme poverty by 2030 as a result of climate change and its impacts on small-scale farmers’ incomes, a major U.N. report warned on Monday. Climate…

The Guardian: Haiti faces fresh cholera outbreak after Hurricane Matthew, aid agencies fear “…Less than two weeks after the earthquake, at least 200 suspected new cases of cholera have been detected in the country, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), which is sending one million cholera vaccines to Haiti…

Thomson Reuters Foundation: Tens of millions face poverty unless cities plan for disasters: World Bank “Climate change could plunge tens of millions of city dwellers into poverty in the next 15 years, threatening to undo decades of development efforts, the World Bank said on Wednesday. Fast-growing cities particularly in the…

U.N. News Centre: In wake of Hurricane Matthew, U.N. to deliver food for 180,000 people in hard-hit eastern Cuba “The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is working with the Cuban government to provide food for 180,000 people in hard-hit eastern areas of the island as they cope with the…